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Cairo, Egypt — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2026

Daylight

5:55 am – 6:08 pm
12 hours, 13 minutes

Current Time: Mar 23, 2026 at 11:23:09 am
Sun Direction: 161° South
Sun Altitude: 59.7°
Sun Distance: 92.647 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 21, 2026 11:24 am (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 5:55 am 88° East
Sunset Today: 6:08 pm 272° West

2026 Sun Graph for Cairo

December 2026 — Sun in Cairo

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Astronomical Twilight Nautical Twilight Civil Twilight Solar Noon
Dec Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Start End Start End Start End Time Mil. mi
1 6:33 am (115°) 4:54 pm (245°) 10:21:30 −0:51 5:08 am 6:19 pm 5:37 am 5:50 pm 6:07 am 5:20 pm 11:44 am (38.1°) 91.666
2 6:33 am (115°) 4:54 pm (245°) 10:20:41 −0:48 5:09 am 6:19 pm 5:38 am 5:50 pm 6:07 am 5:20 pm 11:44 am (38.0°) 91.652
3 6:34 am (115°) 4:54 pm (245°) 10:19:55 −0:46 5:10 am 6:19 pm 5:39 am 5:50 pm 6:08 am 5:20 pm 11:44 am (37.9°) 91.638
4 6:35 am (115°) 4:54 pm (245°) 10:19:10 −0:44 5:10 am 6:19 pm 5:39 am 5:50 pm 6:09 am 5:20 pm 11:45 am (37.7°) 91.624
5 6:36 am (116°) 4:54 pm (244°) 10:18:28 −0:42 5:11 am 6:19 pm 5:40 am 5:50 pm 6:10 am 5:20 pm 11:45 am (37.6°) 91.611
6 6:37 am (116°) 4:54 pm (244°) 10:17:48 −0:40 5:12 am 6:19 pm 5:41 am 5:50 pm 6:10 am 5:21 pm 11:46 am (37.5°) 91.598
7 6:37 am (116°) 4:54 pm (244°) 10:17:10 −0:37 5:12 am 6:20 pm 5:41 am 5:50 pm 6:11 am 5:21 pm 11:46 am (37.3°) 91.586
8 6:38 am (116°) 4:55 pm (244°) 10:16:35 −0:35 5:13 am 6:20 pm 5:42 am 5:51 pm 6:12 am 5:21 pm 11:46 am (37.2°) 91.573
9 6:39 am (116°) 4:55 pm (244°) 10:16:02 −0:32 5:14 am 6:20 pm 5:43 am 5:51 pm 6:13 am 5:21 pm 11:47 am (37.1°) 91.562
10 6:39 am (116°) 4:55 pm (244°) 10:15:31 −0:30 5:14 am 6:20 pm 5:43 am 5:51 pm 6:13 am 5:21 pm 11:47 am (37.0°) 91.550
11 6:40 am (116°) 4:55 pm (244°) 10:15:03 −0:28 5:15 am 6:21 pm 5:44 am 5:51 pm 6:14 am 5:22 pm 11:48 am (37.0°) 91.539
12 6:41 am (116°) 4:55 pm (244°) 10:14:38 −0:25 5:16 am 6:21 pm 5:45 am 5:52 pm 6:15 am 5:22 pm 11:48 am (36.9°) 91.528
13 6:42 am (116°) 4:56 pm (244°) 10:14:15 −0:23 5:16 am 6:21 pm 5:45 am 5:52 pm 6:15 am 5:22 pm 11:49 am (36.8°) 91.517
14 6:42 am (117°) 4:56 pm (243°) 10:13:54 −0:20 5:17 am 6:22 pm 5:46 am 5:52 pm 6:16 am 5:22 pm 11:49 am (36.8°) 91.507
15 6:43 am (117°) 4:56 pm (243°) 10:13:36 −0:18 5:17 am 6:22 pm 5:47 am 5:53 pm 6:16 am 5:23 pm 11:50 am (36.7°) 91.497
16 6:43 am (117°) 4:57 pm (243°) 10:13:21 −0:15 5:18 am 6:22 pm 5:47 am 5:53 pm 6:17 am 5:23 pm 11:50 am (36.7°) 91.487
17 6:44 am (117°) 4:57 pm (243°) 10:13:08 −0:12 5:18 am 6:23 pm 5:48 am 5:53 pm 6:18 am 5:24 pm 11:51 am (36.6°) 91.478
18 6:45 am (117°) 4:58 pm (243°) 10:12:57 −0:10 5:19 am 6:23 pm 5:48 am 5:54 pm 6:18 am 5:24 pm 11:51 am (36.6°) 91.469
19 6:45 am (117°) 4:58 pm (243°) 10:12:50 −0:07 5:20 am 6:24 pm 5:49 am 5:54 pm 6:19 am 5:24 pm 11:52 am (36.6°) 91.461
20 6:46 am (117°) 4:58 pm (243°) 10:12:45 −0:05 5:20 am 6:24 pm 5:49 am 5:55 pm 6:19 am 5:25 pm 11:52 am (36.5°) 91.454
21 6:46 am (117°) 4:59 pm (243°) 10:12:42 −0:02 5:21 am 6:25 pm 5:50 am 5:55 pm 6:20 am 5:25 pm 11:53 am (36.5°) 91.447
22 6:47 am (117°) 4:59 pm (243°) 10:12:42 < 1s 5:21 am 6:25 pm 5:50 am 5:56 pm 6:20 am 5:26 pm 11:53 am (36.5°) 91.440
23 6:47 am (117°) 5:00 pm (243°) 10:12:45 +0:02 5:22 am 6:26 pm 5:51 am 5:56 pm 6:21 am 5:26 pm 11:54 am (36.5°) 91.434
24 6:48 am (117°) 5:00 pm (243°) 10:12:50 +0:05 5:22 am 6:26 pm 5:51 am 5:57 pm 6:21 am 5:27 pm 11:54 am (36.6°) 91.429
25 6:48 am (117°) 5:01 pm (243°) 10:12:58 +0:07 5:23 am 6:27 pm 5:52 am 5:57 pm 6:22 am 5:27 pm 11:55 am (36.6°) 91.424
26 6:48 am (117°) 5:02 pm (243°) 10:13:09 +0:10 5:23 am 6:27 pm 5:52 am 5:58 pm 6:22 am 5:28 pm 11:55 am (36.6°) 91.420
27 6:49 am (117°) 5:02 pm (243°) 10:13:22 +0:13 5:23 am 6:28 pm 5:53 am 5:58 pm 6:23 am 5:29 pm 11:56 am (36.7°) 91.417
28 6:49 am (117°) 5:03 pm (243°) 10:13:38 +0:15 5:24 am 6:28 pm 5:53 am 5:59 pm 6:23 am 5:29 pm 11:56 am (36.7°) 91.414
29 6:50 am (117°) 5:04 pm (243°) 10:13:56 +0:18 5:24 am 6:29 pm 5:53 am 6:00 pm 6:23 am 5:30 pm 11:57 am (36.8°) 91.411
30 6:50 am (116°) 5:04 pm (244°) 10:14:17 +0:20 5:25 am 6:30 pm 5:54 am 6:00 pm 6:24 am 5:30 pm 11:57 am (36.8°) 91.409
31 6:50 am (116°) 5:05 pm (244°) 10:14:41 +0:23 5:25 am 6:30 pm 5:54 am 6:01 pm 6:24 am 5:31 pm 11:57 am (36.9°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Cairo. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Cairo is at 10:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 3 hours, 52 minutes shorter than the June solstice. In most locations north of the equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.

The earliest sunset is on December 2 or December 3.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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